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              Conferenc on Physics and Parapsychology, we have develope an interest
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              in attempti to confirm his cla iM24,25 that he has obse ed inelastic
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             and elastic de rmations of metal bars by some kind o remote human
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             interaction. Dur g these experiments the subjects re reported to
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         cause effects witho\A any physical contact with t)ie metal.
         In effort to replicate rof. Hasted's results, we
         have constructed an elect cally shielded e losure having more than
         135 dB RF attenuation from I kHz to 10 z and plexiglass sides (to
         shield against air currents). . ithin is enclosure is an experimental
         system of resistive strain gauges t ached to a thin metal bar. These
         are wired as a temperature-compen ng bridge and connected to battery-
         operated amplifiers and recordi g inst ents. At present we can detect
         changes in the length of the ar on the der of 500 angstroms and
         applied transverse forces approximately 0 mg. To date, we have
         been successful in isol ng and correcting se eral sources of artifact.,
         and have obtained hou of artifact-free baselin operation. All of the
         data will be magnet cally recorded for later comput analysis., and a
         simple stripchar record will provideimmediate feedb k to the subject
         of any changes n the bar. We are encouraged with the p gress of
         artifact is ation, and we propose to begin to task subjec to attempt
         to pertur the isolated metal bar.
         Should experimentation reveal genuine subjec t
         ,/ed perturbations, we propose to determine whether such effec\tsan
         used as a,message-transmission device (remote telegraph).
         (2) Random Number Generator Experiments
         Another class of experiments that have been extensively
         reported are those that involve alleged hinnan/machine interaction with
         electronic random-number generators. In these experiments, digital
         electronic noise derived either from a thermal noise source or from the
         decay of a radioactive material is monitored while a subject is
         attempting to aiter the statisticai properties of the noise distribution,
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